In haste, will add pictures later.
So much
seems to have happened since I last wrote a full Blog for you all to yawn to,
so I guess to keep things in perspective I’ll concentrate upon what have been
the highlights – and “in no particular order “ to quote Ant and Dec.
By the way
did you see the Final of Britain’s Got Talent?, and the winners? Ironically not from Britain in any stretched
description, and while I’m sure their shadow acrobatics were very clever, it
quite rock my boat – the Indie harmony Band had my vote……….. And this year far too many toddlers in the
final on the “ahhh” vote. Highlight of
course Cowell getting egged, although some say it was a set up stunt so that
the Show was on the Front Pages the next morning. Yes the egging did it!
I was forced
to watch the repeat by Mrs Masher as we ate our Sunday lunch, just in case you
thought I had been a naughty boy and missed one of the Live At The Trades
events. Yes, I could be found at the
ticket desk for what proved to be one of our most successful promotions to
date, The Night Train Burlesque Revue. It was a success in terms of the number of
people buying tickets and the standard of the performance, as witnessed by the
standing ovation given to the performers at the end of the night.
We had
comedy ventriloquism, hoopla hooping, fire dancing, elegant dance and high
comedy acrobatics with some fine singing and comedy holding the show
together. My personal favourite Havana
Hurricane but we’ll keep that under our Masher caps, please!
So
congratulations to Charlie, better known as Pinky Deville for bringing together
an excellent Bill and we look forward to another show in the not too distant
future.
Taking a
step back, I was surprised that so many in the audience came from out of Town
and were experiencing a Rotherham show for the first time. It’s
great that they left in positive mood and were also exposed to some of the
other good things happening in Rotherham.
Going back
in time it was good to see The Trades bursting at the seams for a very
Rotherham musical event celebrating the 50th Birthday of Baz Thurman, bass player of this
Parish. The show was made up mainly of
combinations of the Bands he played with during his active musical career,
including My Pierrot Dolls a band
that I’m told are legendary in Rotherham and this being the first time that
they had got together in thirty two years.
It was a fantastic evening, with music ranging from punk to the
electronic sound of MPD and some super rocking blues from the young Whiskey Spirit in between.
We’ve copies
of My
Pierrot Dolls CD “Coming Back To Life” available at the Drop In Centre,
25 Wellgate, Rotherham.
On the same
night I’m told that there was a good crowd in The Bridge as well for another
top performance from Goat Leaf. Goat Leaf now go Nation Wide as there various
tours shape up, and that includes a trip to Spain. Rotherham music reaching new audiences.
The Live At
The Trades Green Bay event was not
one of our best. Nothing wrong with the
Band but the turnout was considerably less than what we might have
expected. Ooch! And we’ll leave it at that, and learn the
lesson.
But most of
RAE time has been spent on Slamfest business.
We’ve been slaving over all the bureaucracy; twisting the arms of
Sponsors and advertisers; flier distribution; poster designing and chasing; and
general planning stage times etc. A big
thank you again to our main Sponsors, Bristol Street Motors Vauxhall Commercial of
Chesterfield who have enabled us move forward with confidence.
I’m told
that the 2013 Slamfest T Shirt will shortly be available – watch this
space.
We had a fantastic response to the call for
volunteers, but we need more!
Please, please help us deliver this event safely and maximise on the
opportunity to get the RAE word out there by sparing us a few hours of your
time.
Starting
this Saturday we need a Gang of leaflet
distributors, on Saturdays and Tuesdays up to Slamfest, to get the word out
there. 11:30 – 2:30 (or when it goes
quiet)
We do need people to manage some of the Stages on
the Saturday, (6th July)
And the more
Volunteers we have on the ground on both 6th / 7th
July the better.
You can
Volunteer by coming into the Drop In Centre, or Email HERE or download and complete the Volunteer Form HERE
Just over
three weeks to go now……….. it’s all getting very exciting, and the weather man
says it will be 22C and cloudy.
Keep an eye
on the Slamfest Stages HERE
If you are
going places and would like to take some fliers with you then simply Email or drop
into the Centre.
Over the
quiet time the Drop In Centre was
officially opened. This was a super
afternoon with Chris, Sam and Phill playing some fine acoustic music and some
lovely nibbles, wine and Pimm’s supplied by Amanda’s Blinds, who are also
sponsoring the marque stage at Slamfest.
We now have
a smart RAE Banner over our door, so
one suspects that the number of people asking us to print T Shirts or Fax
documents will go down substantially.
The Centre
is now being put to work. We have a
program of Craft Workshops, then
first which looked at basic felt stitching was a great success and next week on
the 19th
June the Minx and Emma will be looking at Basic Jewellery. There’s talk of repeating the program on a
Saturday afternoon in the Autumn. Watch
this space. More information HERE
The next two Live at The Trades feature the Slamfest
Metal Stage on the 6th July and the fantastic Sour Cherry on the 13th
July, which we intend to make an entry by donation night.
The full
Live At The Trades program can be found HERE
Unfortunately
For Pete Sake had to pull from their Sunday Gig on the Clifton Park Band Stand
because the lead singer had a throat infection and we couldn’t fix a
replacement Band at short notice. Our
next outing on the Band Stand is of course Slamfest on the 7th July.
We’ve a very
special event at the Drop In Centre on the Saturday 22nd June when Tony Beesley will be launching his new book
“Away From The Numbers” at 2:00pm.
We’ve music from Em. The usual
wine and nibbles and of course readings and a book signing with Tony. Drop in and see us.
So, coming
up we have another of those busy, busy mid-month weekends. At the Bridge on Friday night the excellent
gathering around Hangman’s Corner
will be coming together for another fine evening of music.
On Saturday
The Bridge is again the centre piece of the night with an evening of Punk music
and Poetry, Propane 4, Bruce Tality & Dwane Reads will be performing.
There’s a
fantastic day of music and politics in Elsecar as part of the Axe the Bedroom Tax Rally. I was sorry to see though that Occupy
Sheffield Peoples Forum decided to choose the same day for their Meeting at the
Quaker House.
For those
who cannot venture out of the Town, there is an Open Garden Party in the Minster Grounds from 10:00 on Saturday
morning until 2 in the afternoon.
Finally on
Sunday the Demon Barbers are playing
the Library Theatre in Sheffield and if anyone has not seen this highly popular
folk Band I can really recommend it.
As per usual
all the details for the above can be found by following the on the Listings Page HERE
And I will
have forgotten something really important for which I apologise.
Whatever you’re
doing this week have a great time, please support your local artists and KEEP
IT LIVE.
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